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Ash Is Well On The Way To Become The Most

valuable of all timbers. The need of it for aeroplanes (in lieu of " heart of oak " for ships) has already begun to transform the appear- ance of the scenery in parts of the New......

Country Life

SURVIVING CRAFTSMEN. In several parts of Britain is to be found just one man who is the repository of a traditional art ; and there is a danger that the art may die with him. I......

The Other Artist Is A Furniture Maker, One Of An

increasing company, for a deal of furniture is now made in the villages ; but he is the one producer of a famous pattern wrought in a particular material. Now " Gimson " chairs......

A Dltblin Prodigy.

It appears to have been, so to say, a prodigious year. Bird watchers in Ireland during the winter were astonished to discover that quantities of pied wagtails assembled every......

In Many Regards The Use Of Local Timber For Local

purposes is increasing. Mr. Benyon, in Berkshire, is doing what Sir George Courthope is doing in Surrey and Sussex. Witness the follow- ing notice affixed to a recent exhibit, "......

In Warwick, Though The Deed Was Not Done There, I

saw an unusual example of the restless activity of the grey squirrel. One animal was watched by an ardent forester peeling a fir tree ; and in two mornings completely bared......

Blackbird Versus Squirrel.

The ability of a pair of blackbirds—incidentally they live by Shakespeare's birthplace—has delighted a number of observers of whom I was pleased to be one. They, or probably......

English Woods.

In regard to both these craftsmen it is a point worth some emphasis that both work in woods that flourish peculiarly in Britain : Mr. Rees in sycamore and Mr. Gardner in ash.......